Fulbari Upazila
Fulbari
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Fulbari (
Geography
Fulbari is located at 25°31′00″N 88°53′00″E / 25.5167°N 88.8833°E. It has 43,137 households and total area 228.49 km2.
Fulbari Upazila is bounded by
Demographics
According to the
As of the
Fulbari (Town) consists of 9 wards and 11 mahallas. The area of the town is 16.03 km2; population 28557; male 51.05%, female 48.95%. The density of population is 1781 per km2. The literacy rate among the town people is 55.1%.
Economy
Fulbari is an important business centre. Its importance grew significantly with the development of the Barapukuria coal mine and the Madhyapara hardrock mine, both located within a few kilometres from the town.
The government was working in 2006 with Asia Energy (now Global Coal Resources PLc - GCR) on a plan to develop an open-pit mine in Fulbari, Dinajpur. Opponents have protested the plans because of adverse environmental and social effects. An estimated 120,000 people may be displaced, including indigenous groups. Protesters have said such a mine would endanger an important food-producing region, as well as the quality of the water supply depended on by tens of thousands of people. There were major protests in Bangladesh in 2006, and the government closed the mine. As talks began again on the project, protesters conducted a week-long march from Fulbari to Dhaka in October 2010. In December 2010, an alliance of groups protested in London at a meeting of GCR company officials and stockholders.[7]
Administration
Phulbari Thana was formed in 1857 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.[8]
The Upazila is divided into Fulbari Municipality and seven
Fulbari Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 14
Notable people
- Mansur Ali Sarkar, Former Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister for Education, lived in Fulbari.[9] [10]
- Mainus Sultan, Bangla Academy Literary Award-winning travel author, was born in Fulbari village under the upazila in 1956.[11]
- Mustafizur Rahman Fizar, Current Member of Parliament. Formerly, Minister of Primary and Mass Education, State Minister for Land, and State Minister for Environment and Forestry of Government of Bangladesh. [12]
See also
References
- ^ a b Md. Rezaul Karim (2012), "Phulbari Upazila (Dinajpur District)", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- ^ "District Census Handbook 2011 Dakshin Dinajpur" (PDF). Map of Dakshin Dinajpur showing CD Blocks on the fourth page. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "District Human Development Report". Uttar Dinajpur. Page 14: Map showing locational setting of Uttar Dinajpur district (includes Dakshin Dinajpur district). Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Dinajpur" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Community Tables: Dinajpur district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ "Massive protest in London" Archived 2013-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, BanglaNews24, 10 December 2010, accessed 25 March 2013
- ^ "Phulbari Upazila (Dinajpur District) - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ ৩৮ বছর ধরে লালফিতায় বন্দী ফুলবাড়ী জেলা বাস্তবায়ন ৬ উপজেলাবাসী দুর্ভোগে. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali).
- Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 24 October 2018. Archivedfrom the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ মঈনুস সুলতান. Prothoma.com (in Bengali).
- ^ "Md. Mostafizur Rahman -মোঃ মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2018-07-25.